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Saturday, May 12 4H WALKATHON:
The 44th annual Saratoga County 4-H Walkathon takes place on Saturday, May 12, at the Saratoga Spa State Park. The walk starts and ends at the Pavilion. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the 5K walk will start at 10:15 a.m. The Walkathon is open to the public. The fee is $10. All proceeds of the event benefit the 4-H Training Center located on Middle Line Road outside of Ballston Spa. Walkers with at least $50 in pledges will receive a commemorative t-shirt. For more information, to become a sponsor or to request a pledge form, please contact the 4-H Office at 518-885-8995.
BALLSTON SPA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION:
The annual meeting of the Ballston Spa Cemetery Association will be held on Saturday, May 12, at 10 a.m. in the Ballston Spa Village Library. Members of the Association and the general public are invited to attend. Association members are eligible to vote at the meeting and are defined as titled owners of a grave plot or plots upon which all fees, charges and assessments have been fully paid. Please visit ballstonspacemetery.org for more information.
BATTENKILL CHORALE:
The Battenkill Chorale continues its 23rd season with “Rising Above the Battleground: The Music of France and Belgium,” on Saturday, May 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church at 67 Main St. in Hoosick Falls. Guest Conductor Gene Marie Callahan leads the Chorale and organist Erich Borden in Jongen’s Mass (Opus 130), choral works by Flor Peeters and Gabriel Faure, and a brass arrangement by Claude Debussy and Charles-Marie Widor’s famous Toccata from Symphony No. 5, arranged for organ and brass. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance by calling 518-692-7458 or emailing battenkilltickets@gmail.com.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AT SARATOGA:
Essential Oils Mother’s Day Craft, 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 69 Caroline Street, Saratoga Springs. For more information call 518-584-5540 or visit www.cmssny.org.
CORNELL HILL FIRE TOWER:
The Historic Cornell Hill Fire Tower and Fire Ranger observer’s cabin will be open from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. for those who want to get a birds-eye view of the park while learning about the life of a fire tower monitor. You can climb the tower and visit the re-created Fire Ranger Cabin. Contact Larry Gordon at 518-4690918 to confirm hours due to weather.
DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS:
On Saturday May 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be a New York State approved Defensive Driving Class at First Baptist Church, 45 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs. Save 10% on your base auto insurance for the next three years & receive up to 4 points off your driving record according to New York State Department of Motor Vehicle guidelines. The fee is $35; bring a friend for $30 apiece. A portion of the fee goes to First Baptist Church. Class size is limited. Registration is required and can be made by calling Ray Frankoski at 518-286-3788.
DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING:
Director Lysa Heslov’s documentary, “Served Like a Girl,” follows several American women who were wounded in action and are now transitioning from soldier to civilian after serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Struggling with PTSD, homelessness, broken families, divorce, serious illness, and military sexual abuse, these remarkable women harness humor to adapt to the emotional, social and economic challenges they face, through the Ms. Veteran America competition. A potluck at 6 p.m. will be followed by a 7 p.m. screening of the film in the Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow. For more information call 518-7662992. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org.
FREE LUNCH:
The Malta Ridge United Methodist Church will hold a Free Lunch on Saturday, May 12, at the Church located at 729 Malta Avenue Extension in Malta Ridge. Lunch will be served at no charge from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All are welcome. For additional information or directions please call the Church at 518-581-0210.
FRIENDS OF THE IBA:
Join FIBA Executive Director Laurie LaFond and avid birder Bo Harris for a guided walk at the peak of spring migration through the open fields and wooded hills of a 600-acre private retreat in southern Washington County. Expect to see colorful and sweet singing warblers, thrushes, tanagers, orioles, vireos and dozens of other migratory and breeding songbirds.
Meeting time 7:30
a.m. Call Bo at 518-677-3350 to register.
HAM DINNER/BAKE SALE:
The Middle Grove United Methodist Church (429 Middle Grove Roadd) will hold a Baked Ham Dinner & Bake Sale on Saturday, May 12 from 4:30 p.m. - 7 p,m. Tickets are $12 for Adults, $6. for children ages 5-10; children under 5 eat free. Take out is available. There will also be a Bake Sale available with a wide variety of items offered. The church is wheelchair-accessible.
HISTORIC HOMES TOUR:
On the Saturday of Mother’s Day Weekend the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, along with Honorary Co-Chairs Dave and Stephanie Collins, will welcome spring with the 2018 Historic Homes Tour. This highly anticipated event offers the rare opportunity to see the interiors of private historic homes of Saratoga Springs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 12. This year’s tour features seven historic homes in the East Side neighborhood and a “Rehabilitation-In-Progress” at 34 Circular Street. The Foundation will host a Lunch & Learn on Saturday, May 12 at noon at the famed historic Caffé Lena, 47 Phila Street. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit www.saratogapreservation.org or call 518-587-5030.
HYDE HALL:
You are invited to The Hyde Hall Celebrate Mom! Garden Party from noon – 3 p.m. on May 12. Enjoy Tea and treats in the Library and on the Veranda, view the newly restored Dining Room walls and carpet. The Garden Party is free and open to the public. Hyde Hall is located at 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road, Cooperstown. At 1 pm, Hyde Hall and the Musicians Ma’alwyck present A Concert of Music from the Archives of Hyde Hall in the beautiful Hyde Hall Drawing Room. Tickets for the performance at $10 per person are available by calling Hyde Hall at (607) 547 5098 Ext 6.
KAYADEROSSERAS CREEK CLEAN-UP:
Friends of the Kayaderosseras (FOK) hosts its Annual Spring Clean Up Day of access points and other lands along the Kayaderosseras Creek on Saturday, May 12, at 9:30 a.m. The objective is to designate
teams to specific sites to pick up as much unwanted debris as they can carry out. FOK will provide maps, trash bags, detailed printouts of each sight and a hot lunch post clean-up. Volunteers will meet at the Kelley Park pavilion in Ballston Spa at 9:30 a.m. Lunch for volunteers will be at 12:30 p.m. back at Kelley Park. Volunteers are reminded to wear weather- and task-appropriate clothing, such as long pants, long-sleeved shirts, boots and a sturdy pair of work gloves, preferably leather, and to bring their own bottle for water. For more information, contact Joseph Acee at aceedesign@yahoo.com or 518-618-5237.
MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS BOOK DISCUSSION: The Saratoga Springs Women’s Book Club will discuss “Motherless Daughters” by Hope Edelman. For women who have lost their mothers, this book opens a conversation about how deeply this affects one life. There will be time for conversation, sharing and refreshments. Please feel free to bring a photo or memento of your mom to share. Noon to 1 p.m., Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs. MUSICANS OF MA’ALWYCK: On Saturday, May 12 at 1 p.m., Hyde Hall and the Musicians Ma’alwyck present A Concert of Music from the Archives of Hyde Hall in the beautiful Hyde Hall Drawing Room, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Road in Cooperstown. Tickets for the performance at $10.00 per person are available by calling Hyde Hall at (607) 547 5098 Ext 6 during office hours.
NORTHSHIRE BOOKSTORE: Move beyond flowers and candy this Mother’s Day to honor women as Northshire Bookstore celebrate the new anthology,” Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Born Before Rosie Started Riveting.” The editor and five local authors will read real-life stories about their foremothers, dating from 1907-1940. You’ll be inspired to unearth your mother’s stories, and to share your own. 6 p.m., 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs.
NYS 5-HOUR PRE-LICENSING CLASS: The next NYS 5-Hour Pre-Licensing Class will be offered on Wednesday, May 9, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 45 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs. The cost for the class is $40. To Register, call John Rinko at 518-584-2221 or email RinkoDrivingSchool.com. A portion from the class cost is donated to the First Baptist Church.
OLD CHATHAM COUNRY STORE: In 2016 Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon received a $750,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to put its collections online. Over the past year, Boston-based photographer John Mulligan has spent one week per month at the collections storage facility in Old Chatham photographing Shaker objects. Catskill-based artist Richard Saja has taken those images and reimagined them into playful new artworks he calls “digital quilts.” Those works will be on display at the Old Chatham Country Store from May 3 through June 5, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 12, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Limited editions of the prints will be on sale throughout the run of the exhibition to benefit the museum. The reception is open to the public and all are welcome.
PLANT SALE: The Schuylerville Garden Club is having its annual Plant Sale, featuring a wide variety of perennials, on May 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Schuylerville Youth Center at Fort Hardy Park on Route 29 in Schuylerville. For more information visit www. schuylervillegardenclub.org. ROAST PORK DINNER: The Trinity United Methodist Church, 155 Ballard Road, Wilton, ¼ mile east of Exit 16 of the Northway, will host a roast pork dinner with all the fixings on Saturday, May 12, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Suggested donation $9. The church is handicappedaccessible.
SARATOGA ARTS: Opening reception for “Captured Light,” featuring photography from Ronda Anderson, Janene Bouck, Daniel DeRusso, Brian Hoffman & Phil Scalia. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. “Captured Light” remains on exhibit through June 16. SARATOGA CHILDREN’S THEATRE: “Suessical the Musical,” 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saratoga Music Hall, 474 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. General admission $10; children under 10 free.
SARATOGA SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., High Rock Park Pavilions, Saratoga Springs. Music by the Schroon River String Band & Melanie Chirignan, plus free face painting for kids, presented by the Developing Minds Center, and Balloon Buddies making balloon animals. Approximately 70 vendors will be attending the Saturday market from May through October. See http://www. saratogafarmersmarket.org/ saturday-market-vendorshigh-rock-park-2018/ for a complete list of vendors.
SARATOGA SPA STATE PARK: Join a naturalist on an easy walk to learn about the birds that live in Spa Park. Bring binoculars or borrow a pair from the classroom. This event is free and meets at the Creekside Classroom at 9 a.m. Join a docent on a guided mineral springs tour to learn about the history, geology and lore surrounding the park’s special waters.No registration necessary. This is a free event and meets at the Creekside Classroom at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Please call the Environmental Educator at 518-584-2000 Ext. 116 for more information regarding events at Saratoga Spa State Park.
SILENT ART AUCTION: Springtime in Hadley Silent Art Auction, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Rockwell St Park, Hadley. Proceeds benefit the Hadley Business Association Scholarship Fund, which awards two scholarships to graduates in the Hadley Luzerne School District who are pursuing a career in the arts or in business. The inclement weather location is the Hadley Town Hall, 4 Stony Creek Road.
TALK SARATOGA: Listen To ‘Talk Saratoga’on Saturday, May 12, from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. on 91.1FM -WSPN Radio as host Rick Thompson & Lynn Goodness welcome guests from Sustainable Saratoga. You can also listen live on your computer at http://tunein.com/radio/WSPN-911-s22928/ Please feel free to call in with questions to 518-5805783.
Sunday, May 13
ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST: The Ballston Spa Elks Lodge’s All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet will be served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 10 Hamilton Street, Ballston Spa. Adults $7; Seniors $6; children 12 and under free; Moms $5 for the month of May. For more information please contact Ballston Spa Elks Lodge 518-885-1149.
BATTENKILL CHORALE: The Battenkill Chorale continues its 23rd season with “Rising Above the Battleground: The Music of France and Belgium,” on Saturday, May 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 13 at 4 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church at 67 Main St. in Hoosick Falls. Guest Conductor Gene Marie Callahan leads the Chorale and organist Erich Borden in Jongen’s Mass (Opus 130), choral works by Flor Peeters and Gabriel Faure, and a brass arrangement by Claude Debussy and Charles-Marie Widor’s famous Toccata from Symphony No. 5, arranged for organ and brass. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance by calling 518-6927458 or emailing battenkilltickets@gmail.com.
BIKE THE BRIDGE: Celebrate Mom by getting outside and having some fun with the whole family at the Second Annual Mother’s Day Bike the Bridge event at Hudson Crossing Park on Sunday, May 13, from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. It’s a perfect way to celebrate Mom – or just the return of biking season - by taking the opportunity to ride your bike over a variety of terrains while checking out Hudson Crossing Park’s ponds, fields, nature trails, and historic 125 year old bridge. Bike the Bridge is a free event, with activities and fun for all ages. There is a $35 charge to create a cuttlebone casting of your own to take home. There are a limited number of molds available, and so it is first come, first served for the casting. The first twenty moms will also receive a free lilac seedling.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AT SARATOGA: Creation Station, 12:30 p.m. Discover and create art using different mediums and tech---
niques. For ages 2 and up. 69 Caroline Street, Saratoga Springs. For more information call 518-584-5540 or visit www.cmssny.org. COMMUNITY DINNER: A free Community Dinner will be served during a Messy Church gathering will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13 at Grace Church, 36 Third Street, Waterford. Messy Church provides an opportunity for people of all ages to worship together in a fun and creative way. For information, call the Episcopal parish at 518-2377370 or visit gracewaterford.com. CORNELL HILL FIRE TOWER: The Historic Cornell Hill Fire Tower and Fire Ranger observer’s cabin will be open from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. for those who want to get a birds-eye view of the park while learning about the life of a fire tower monitor. You can climb the tower and visit the re-created Fire Ranger Cabin. Contact Larry Gordon at 518-469-0918 to confirm hours due to weather. HAITI PRESENTATION: How did Haiti, once France’s greatest source of wealth, come to be perceived by our current President as a place worthy of the dung-hill of humanity? Are pre-Civil War U.S. perceptions of the Haitian quest for freedom still with us today? UAlbany professor Eloise A. Brière offers a look at Haiti’s past and present, from how the only place in the world to mount a successful slave revolution created an independent nation-state, to how most of the money pledged to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake went to United Nations agencies and NGOs, often never leaving donor governments. The 1:15 p.m. program follows refreshments at 12:30 p.m. at Room 224, Campus Center, Sage Colleges Albany Campus, New Scotland Avenue at Academy Road, Albany. This free event is presented by the Capital District Humanist Society. MONTHLY BREAKFAST: The Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club monthly breakfast will be held on May 13 from 8 a.m. through 11 a.m. Cost: $8. Adult, $4 Child. Everyone is welcome. Call 518-695-3917 for more information.